CHAPTEE XX. 



OUTDOOR EXERCISER. 



As exercise out of doors is very desirable during the 

 whole year, except when the weather forbids, and as the 

 tilt box is not very well adapted to out of doors, a style 

 of apparatus different from that we have described is of 

 great value for use in yards. While the form of exercise 

 for indoors consists in scratching, the outdoor exercise 

 is by running, jumping and flying. To begin with, two 

 small yards of 50 to 100 square ft. of ground are con- 

 structed for each flock, 100, 150 or 200 ft. apart, accord- 

 ing to the space at command, these being connected by 

 low, narrow runways of wire netting stretched over 

 frames of wood or iron, exactly as described for breeders 

 and sitters on the extensive plan. 



These runways are only 2 1-2 or 3 ft. high and the 

 same in width and are preferably built in separate mov- 

 able sections, say 12 ft. long. They are the same as 

 those used for fowls kept yarded in connection with the 

 extensive or itinerant plan. These sections or hurdles 

 can be readily moved and the ground plowed to keep it 

 sweet arid clean, and being closed at top and sides by the 

 wirework and open at both ends, they make a continuous 

 passage or runway when placed in a line end to end. 

 We have said that each runway terminates at either end 

 in a small yard. Now, there is also an additional yard 

 attached to each runway, midway between the two end 

 yards. This center yard should be covered, 4 or 5 

 ft. wideband considerably higher than the runways, say 

 4 ft. for Asiatics, 5 or 6 ft. for medium breeds and 7 or 



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